Antiskid device for tires.



F. SGHNACKBL'. ANTIVSKID DEVICE FOR TIRES. .APPLIGATION FILED MAR. v, 1912.

1,106,896. Patented Angl-1,' 1914.4

set 'forth in the tolloivinc scribed, the novel features being pointed out in the appended claim.

. spokes is secured the clamping;` device which,

.members embodies a recessed portion #t and end isprovided 1with la deflected portion G.

f .o WT "i llntirnir tdi FRANK SCHNACKEL, 0F ROCHESTER, NEFF] YOSEtlF ANT-ISKIL 'DEVICE )TGR TIRES.

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Application led March 7, 1912.

Specification of Letters Patent.

'raeeateaiaag ii9 asia. Serial No. 682,100.

fo all '107mm :it may concern: l lle it known that l, FRANK Soiintvciinn. ot Rochester, in the count-,5T of Monroe and l State ot' New York, have 'invented 'a new i and useful improvement in .intiskid Eevices for Tires, which improvement is fnllv specification and e shoivn in the acci'iinpanlvinn'drawings.

The present invention relates to Iantisliid Il devices for vehicle tires and more particu# l larljf to the type in which there is employed l a clamp `for securing the device to a vehicle Wheel and a. flexible chain or the. like extending transversel)Y of the tire and secured at i its ends to the clamp; an object of the invention being 'to provide a Yonstru'ction oit. clampto which an Ordinar)7 link chain may be connected Without theLpi-ovisionlof hooks` or other fastening mean on said chain tor the purpose of securing the latter to the clamp, thus permitting the chain to be re placed by the usual commercial link chain.

Another object of the invention is to pro' Vide a construction in which the chain majT be quickly detached Without detaching the clamping` device.,

To these andother ends the invention consists in certain parts and,A combinations of parts all. of which Will be Ihereinafter deln the drawings: Figure l is a side vieiv of a portion of a ivheel with the improved device attached, thereto; Fig. 2 is a detail sectional viewthrough a spoke showing the clamp in position thereon; Fig. S is a cross sectional View of the rim in proximit;7 to the antiskid device.

Referring more particularly to the draivings, l indicates the rim having'. in this instance; tivo rubber tires Q, and indicates the spokes of the wheel. rllo one ot' the in this instance, consists ottvvo clamping members vin the vforni of bars. (lne of' said has at one end a hook 5 While its opposite The other clamping' bar is irovided with a recessed portion 7 like the recessed portion 4. and also provided with a detlected portion S. The means .to-r holding' the clamping` inen'ibers together. in this instance. comprises` tivo bolts 9 and lOpassed through eyes or openings in the clamping membersnpon op- 'A Y; osito sides ot' the recessed i portions Ll and- 7. n p tlc openings vor the bolt lO being provider between the deflected portions (3 and and .ie recessed portions Ll and l, ivhile the openl nef in the tirs-t described clam'iing member for the passage et bolt 9 is provided betvveen ie rec ssed portion l and the hook rihe dctlrctcd portions (l and S are also perforated inalincmcnt with cach other tor the passage l ot a nin ll. in this instance. in the torni ot a Jolt with a nut thereon. The gripping ele nient is. in this instance, in the form or" iwi ted lint; chain l2 of a usual commercial construe-tieni. The link at one end of 'this chain is passed over the hoolr 5 while the link at the other end of the chain', after the latter has been 'passed about the tread por-- tion ot the rim.A is fitted between the detiect` ed portions (l and 8 otl the clamping bars and the pin ll. passed throughsuch link and th'r .roh the openings in the deflected porrioi (l and 8. Any suitable number of these devices may be applied to the vvehicle wheel. i lic clamp ot cach isrst applied tov a spoke and then a chain is passed about the tread or' the .tire-and secured at its ends to the f clamp in such a manner that the chain ma)T have a slight sideivise movement. To remove the chain, it is merel)v necessaiv to remove the pin ll, thus treeing one end iinmediatelvv and `permittingr Afrom the hook.

VFrom they 'foregoing the clamp permits the use of an ordinary link chain without the provision ot hooks or other securing` devices thereon for attachnient to "the clamp. The device also permits the other end to slip it will le seen that th'e ready detachment ot' the chain, without the rcuiovalot the clampingr device. a result which is verv desirable for it enables the user ot the vehicle to employ the antislvid device only when necessary.

What l claim as in v invention and desire to secure b v Letters Patent is: An anti-skid device tor vehicle tires comirisino' tivo claro )ing bars each 'formed with l h c a recess between its ends. one ot said bars havinga hook atA one end with its opposite end laterali;y deflected. the other bar having a laterallv'deflected portion opposed to the detlected portion ot the first mentioned hai'. the detlected portions having' alined perforations. a bolt connecting` the liars on im@ sido ot said recessed portions. another boli connect i ngt the bars on the other side ot said reess'ed poll/legs between the recesse@ polaterally deectecl potons and through salcl Lions and smal laterally delected portlons, a last mentioned link of the chain.

liik 'chain having one of its links passed l Y fever said hook nd'hav'ng a link ab its other FRANK SCHNACKEL' 5. enfl'projeeted-n vbetween the laterally de-A "Witnesses:

Heated poftons of the clamping bars, and. a -HAR0LD lil. SIMMS,

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